The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln
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Excerpt from The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln: Allentown, Pennsylvania, February 12th, 1909, Lyric Theatre On this memorable day, in company with the millions of American people, have we gathered. One are we in our purpose to do homage to him who was "new birth of our soil, the first American." Our historians have searched the records anew and weighed in careful balances of critical judgment, his deeds, his life, his character. Our orators have fitly framed in flowing forms their tribute. Perhaps some poets will sing their paeans. But we have come, not to discuss the historians´ result, not to be swayed by poet´s song, nor orator´s praise, but that in the contemplation of his life we shall be better Americans. It still behooves us in our day, with our problems, to mark the immortal words of Lincoln himself, and "to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead," and may I add, especially from the great martyr President, "we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." Out of the people, their very flesh and bone, came Abraham Lincoln. His birth is of all American leaders the lowliest. On February 12, 1809, at Big South Fork of Nolin Creek, Hardin, now LaRue County, Kentucky, in a cheerless, wretched cabin, he first saw the light of day. His father, Thomas Lincoln, an improvident, shiftless, roving squatter, always seeking land on which he could live without much labor, had no ambition for himself or his children. His mother, once fair, lost her charms and became hardened by the unending dreariness of toil and care. What avails it with such parentage to trace back the Lincoln name to New England? Every ancestor found, furnishes no clue to show that heredity has contributed anything of value to the making of Abraham Lincoln. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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